Review: Wines of Domaine Anderson, 2025 Releases
It’s time for another round with one of our favorite Anderson Valley wineries, Domaine Anderson, which focuses on chardonnay and pinot noir. Today we consider four bottlings, all from the 2022 vintage and released at the tail end of 2025. 2022 Domaine Anderson Estate Chardonnay – Surprisingly clean, surprisingly plain considering how this wine normally presents…
Review: El Mayor Cafe Tequila Reposado
El Mayor has long been a favorite tequila of Drinkhacker, and it’s also one of the most innovative kids on the block. Its series of special editions is unmatched in depth and breadth, and its latest offering continues its run of creativity, using coffee beans to give a reposado a racy twist. How it works…
Review: Willett Family Estate Small Batch Bourbon 4 Years Old
It took a while, but cult Kentucky whiskey brand Willett is finally delivering a reasonably-priced, everyday expression of their Family Estate label bourbon. In recent years, we’ve seen more and more of these so-called “purple top” offerings from the distillery but in pricey single barrel form, showcasing the house-distilled bourbons that fans of Willett’s older,…
Review: Brooklyn Brewery Black Ops (2025)
The annual release of Brooklyn Brewery’s Black Ops arrived at the tail end of 2025, and while it once again leans on Four Roses barrels for aging its Russian Imperial stout, this time the aging regimen is only three months instead of the nine months it has previously sat in barrels. Interestingly, Four Roses Small Batch…
Review: Johnnie Walker Green Label 15 Years Old (2026)
For reasons entirely accidental, I nearly became a Dry January participant. A string of family health scares has a way of recalibrating priorities, and when paired with ice storms so aggressive they felt rude and very personal, usual routines fell into a holding pattern. Drinks were skipped, bottles gathered dust, and restraint made an unscheduled…
A Return to the Don Julio Tequila Distillery, 2026
The Don Julio distillery, La Primavera, does not offer public tours. They are a working distillery dedicated to making 100% Blue Weber agave tequila. But they do periodically open their doors to members of the press. One of our staff visited the distillery in the Highlands of Jalisco in 2018, and I recently had the…
Review: La Maison & Velier Habitation Velier Rums, 2026 Releases
La Maison & Velier’s Habitation Velier is an especially unusual collection of rums from a bottler that’s already known for its out-of-the-ordinary offerings. The range, which currently spans 45 releases, is designed to be educational in nature, designed to showcase the power of pot distillation and how it varies from one producer (and region) to…
Review: American Harvest Vodka
American Harvest Vodka hails from Idaho, and that means it’s gotta be made from potatoes, amirite? Sorry, folks: This is a red winter wheat distillate, organic and non-GMO at that, proofed with local water drawn from the Snake River Plain. No additives. American Harvest Vodka Review The nose of the vodka is extremely clean, ethanol…